A slave who would be king : oral tradition and archaeology of the recent past in the Upper Senegal River Basin /

Altschul, Jeffrey H.,

A slave who would be king : oral tradition and archaeology of the recent past in the Upper Senegal River Basin / Jeffrey H. Altschul, Ibrahima Thiaw and Gerald Wait. - 1 online resource : illustrations (colour)

Previously issued in print: 2016. Available through Archaeopress Digital Subscription Service.

Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: Environment and Culture History in Southeastern Senegal; Chapter 3: Village Histories and Ethnography within the Oromin Sabodala Concession; Chapter 4: Archaeological Field Methods; Chapter 5: Archaeological Survey and Test-Excavation Results; Chapter 6: Artifact Analyses; Chapter 7: Geoarchaeological Investigations; Chapter 8: Where Are the Sites, and Why Are They There? A Methodological Exercise in Archaeological Predictive Modeling; Chapter 9: Settlement Dynamics in Beledougou in the Second Millennium a.d.; Chapter 10: Summary; Appendix A: Gazetteer of Sites; Appendix B: Gazetteer of Features and Sites; Appendix C: Ceramic Decorative Techniques; Appendix D: Ceramic Rim Sherd Data.

This report makes a significant contribution to the archaeology and ethnography of eastern Senegal. Combining ethnographic and archaeological data yields a picture of a period of intense social change at the end of the 19th century which extended well into the mid-20th century.

Specialized.

1784913529 9781784913526 (electronic bk.)

9781784913526

22573/ctvxtczf1 JSTOR

GBB6C6638 bnb

018003089 Uk


1800-1999


Archaeology--Senegal.
Ethnology--Senegal.
Archéologie--Sénégal.
Ethnologie--Sénégal.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology
Archaeology.
Ethnology.


Senegal--History--19th century.
Senegal--History--20th century.
Sénégal--Histoire--19e siècle.
Sénégal--Histoire--20e siècle.
Senegal.


Electronic books.
History.

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